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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 7:58 am
Sbondi - it would help to have specific pages at Jokers that you have found to be a problem. So far, we have not been able to validate this claim. However, *everyone* should have virus protection and spyware protection on their computers, especially if you are running any kind of Windows platform.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:00 am
Well, that stinks, Sbondi. Sorry.
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Sbondi
Member
09-16-2005
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:08 am
It was definitely jokersupdates - it happened on friday, on the updates page, I clicked on a thread to read the dialogue and my AVG automatically popped up and said there was a Trojan Horse. It healed it, but advertising software was installed. It happened three times - I was on no other websites, haven't returned there since, never had this problem before or after. I am glad no one else got it - only happened on a specific dialogue thread (no way can I possibly remember which one).
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:16 am
hmm, i 'think' that jokers uses a linux/unix platform and i think it's difficult to infect a site that is running that platform. plus, jokers moderators would have clued in and probably shut the board down. sure you didn't go to any other websites that day? did you notify jokers? what was their response?
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Anneph
Member
06-15-2006
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:23 am
I've been at jokers all weekend reading off and on - just the quick updates - and have not had any problems or warnings from them.
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Amykat
Member
07-24-2005
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:42 am
Sbondi, and anyone else who needs it... use this link for Spybot. http://www.spybot.info/en/home/index.html It is the free one. I love it! There is no charge! Some of the others (I don't remember the names) that use the term "spybot" were actually stolen codes from this, the original spybot. Try this before you format. It helped me when some of my daughter's friends thought they'd be cute and put spy stuff on her computer. 
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Tresbien
Member
08-27-2002
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 9:32 am
Just wanted to say thanks to Sbondi for the warning. It's good to be cautious in situations like this. I use both Ad-Aware free and Windows Defender and haven't had a problem over the weekend.
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Tillytown
Member
08-02-2005
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 9:42 am
Thanks! I had some trouble opening a link on Joker's too. I kept getting pop-ups and more pop-ups, so I just closed it out and got out of there.
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Webchiq
Member
07-11-2005
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 10:13 am
When you click on a link inside a thread on Jokers you are usually being redirected to another site. I've read Jokers for years and have never had a problem with the main site. You should always be cautious about clicking on a link within a thread, that was put there by another person posting to the thread.
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Kalekona
Member
06-12-2005
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 10:25 am
Thanks for the heads up. I have been on Jokers all weed-end as well and had no problems. I am using AVG as well.
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Tvwatcher
Member
04-17-2004
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:23 pm
like Kalekona, I've been on Joker's all weekend with no problems, and I, too, use AVG
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:32 pm
i don't use anything...lol...and no problems. i think it was something else otherwise the whole jokers community would be wiped out.
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Puckerbutt
Member
07-21-2001
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:33 pm
Sbondi - You haven't named the specific virus that you are trying to get rid of - is it the vundo trojan horse?
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Sbondi
Member
09-16-2005
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:51 pm
Hey Puckerbutt - I don't know, I just remember seeing a W in the name (or was that an M?)- my system "healed" it, thus removed it but am left with some kind of advertising spyware where same 10 or so pop ups appear... As for all of you that used jokers and were ok - I am glad to hear that. Clearly I am not saying that the whole site is bad, just the thread I happened to choose to open. Still won't be returning there after all this.
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